Chapter 4: Jubilation

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You and Marinette are jogging over a bridge when you see the ad for the Alliance rings.

"I thought Vanitas and Adrien were no longer a model, thanks to you,  (Y/n)?" Tikki sees Vanitas in the ad.

"There not, Tikki. What you're looking at is a digitized 3D model of Vanitas." You shook your head

From the advertisement, Adrien is seen sitting on a bench in a park.  Alliance Lila on the advertisement.  "Careful, Adrien! An akuma has appeared at the Louvre!"

"Wow, he looks so... real!" Tikki was awed and you notice that Marinette smiles with flushed cheeks. "You, on the other hand, are still in love with the real Adrien."

" Oh, no, that's over! As long as I'm—" Marinette denies it since she almost lost all Miraculouses because of love. "As long as I'm Ladybug, I refuse to be in love with Adrien or anyone else. I lost possession of the Miraculous because of love, so thanks but no thanks! From now on I take care of my little sister!"

"Coming Mari?" You called out.

"Yeah, wait for me!" Marinette smiles and continues to jog in the streets with you.

As you jog ahead, The Owl is seen climbing up the billboard to rescue a cat. You both  stops over to check him out. "Kitty, kitty, come here, boy! Mama Michelle will be so sad if you don't come home."

The cat pounces on his head, causing him to lose balance from the billboard and fall down. Luckily, his cape gets caught on the ladder. His mask unfortunately falls down the pavement and gets run on by a car and gets broken.

"Quick, Tikki—"

"Hold on, I'm coming!" Marinette runs to save him, but suddenly, a person wearing a fake Dragon-Phoenix costume appears and saves him, almost falling in the process. "Don't be afraid. Give me your hand!"

The Owl reaches out for her hand and pulls him from the ladder, causing the both of them to fall on their rears on the platform. As Marinette runs to them to give them a scolding, the two get off the platform.

"Thank you for rescuing me, Dragon-Phoenix!"

"Oh, you're welcome! You gotta know when to step in. That's the only way you can change things in life!"

When You and Marinette approach the two, you identify the unknown person as Socqueline Wang, your former schoolmate.

"Big sister Socqueline?" You addressed.

The fake Dragon-Phoenix, A.K.A Socqueline panics and denies it, "W-What? No, I'm Dragon-Phoenix! Just a normal superhero. Demon out!" She salutes and runs away.

"Yeah! Hoo-hoo-hoo! Owl mist!" The Owl fancily makes his escape and throws a smoke bomb on the ground and runs away too.

"I do not say 'Demon out' when I dismiss myself." You deadpanned. "Seriously, where does that even come from?"


Marinette remains to be confused after The Owl and "Dragon-Phoenix" flee.

"Do you know her, (Y/n), Marinette?" Tikki asked.

"She  was our old schoolmate. One year ahead of us after Chloe kicked her out last year before she miss the chance to graduate, which...was a bummer. But in the end she made it to high school." You explained.

"You know what, (Y/n)? It's time to go buy some paint and your favorite colored pencils!" Marinette runs to the opposite direction.

"Huh? What's that got to do with anything?" Tikki was confused when she turns to you and you just shrugged.

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